End of the Rainbow opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre on 2 April 2012, presented by Lee Dean, Laurence Myers, Joey Parnes, Ellis Goodman, Chase Mishkin, Shadowcatcher Entertainment/Alhadeff Productions, National Angels U.S. Inc., Charles Diamond/Jenny Topper, Myla Lerner/Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Spring Sirkin/Candy Gold, Hilary Williams and S.D. Wagner, John Johnson in association with the Guthrie Theater.

Director  Terry Johnson

Set and Costume Design  William Dudley

Lighting Design  Christopher Akerlind

Sound Design  Gareth Owen

Orchestrations  Chris Egan

Musical Arrangements  Gareth Valentine

Music Direction  Jeffrey Saver

Music Coordinator  Seymour “Red” Press

Production Stage Manager  Mark Dobrow

Stage Manager  Rachel Zack

Characters

Judy Garland, American, late forties, but looking much older

Mickey Deans, her American fiancé – early thirties

Anthony, her English pianist, fifties/sixties

Radio Interviewer

Porter

ASM

It is Christmas 1968. A suite at the Ritz Hotel in central London.

Song List

‘I Can’t Give You Anything but Love’ (Fields/McHugh)

‘I Belong to London’ (Anonymous)

‘Just in Time’ (Comden/Green/Styne)

‘For Me and My Gal’ (Goetz/Leslie/Meyer)

‘You Made Me Love You’ (Monaco/McCarthy)

‘The Trolley Song’ (Martin/Blane)

‘The Man that Got Away’ (Arlen/Gershwin)

‘When You’re Smiling’ (Goodwin/Shay/Fisher)

‘Come Rain or Come Shine’ (Arlen/Mercer)

‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ (Arlen/Harburg)

Act One

Scene One

(Note: In this scene, although there are negative moments, the general feeling is optimistic and playful.)

A suite at the Ritz Hotel in London. A piano upstage centre. A stack of suitcases and a touring trunk. A pool of light reveals Anthony at the piano. He plays a few bars of music – a gentle, quiet version of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’. He hears voices in the corridor (ad lib Judy and Mickey) and stops playing. Wanting to surprise Judy, he exits into the bathroom. The door opens and in walks Judy, surveying the room. She switches on the lights.

Judy      It’s smaller.

Enter Mickey, carrying a briefcase and an overnight bag.

Mickey      No, it isn’t. They’re all the same size.

Judy      How would you know?

Mickey      Because I asked.

Judy      Then they lied to you. I’ve stayed here before. This room has shrunk

Mickey      You remember the room? Half the time you don’t know what city you’re in.

Judy      It’s the little things I remember, not the big picture.

Mickey      Let’s not debate this.

Judy      It’s a room for midgets.

Mickey      Can we change the subject?

Judy      Oh, darling, that’s fine. Change what you like, I can carry on by myself for hours.

Mickey      Sure you can. But I know how to shut you up.

He grabs her and gives her a long kiss on the lips.

Judy      … Will you marry me?

Mickey      We already had that conversation.

Judy (looking at her engagement ring)      Oh yes, so we did.

Mickey      … You need to unpack.